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Police worker admits secrets leak | Police worker admits secrets leak |
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A civilian police worker has pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office by leaking confidential details on terrorism to a newspaper. | |
Thomas Lund-Lack, 59, was alleged to have disclosed a document to a Sunday Times journalist. | Thomas Lund-Lack, 59, was alleged to have disclosed a document to a Sunday Times journalist. |
An article in the paper in April said Iraq-based al-Qaeda leaders were planning UK terror attacks. | An article in the paper in April said Iraq-based al-Qaeda leaders were planning UK terror attacks. |
Mr Lund-Lack, from the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit, admitted the charge at the Old Bailey. | |
The document was an intelligence report produced in April, understood to have been compiled by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre. | |
The newspaper reported al-Qaeda was planning large-scale attacks on Britain and the West. |